HANOI -- Vietnam welcomed over 3 million international arrivals in the first two months of 2024, an increase of 68.7 percent year on year, data released by the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed on Thursday.

The number reached 98.5 percent of the arrivals seen in the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, said the GSO. (Vietnam-Tourism)

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TOKYO -- Japan's industrial output plunged 7.5 percent in January from a month earlier, the largest drop since May 2020, government data showed Thursday.

The seasonally adjusted index of production at factories and mines last month stood at 97.6 against the 2020 base of 100, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a preliminary report. (Japan-Industrial Output-Decline)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's real wage, adjusted for inflation, fell for the second consecutive year amid high inflation, the country's labor ministry data showed Thursday.

The per-capita nominal monthly average wage in businesses with one or more regular employees gained 2.5 percent over the year to 3,966,000 won (2,970 U.S. dollars) in 2023, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor. (SKorea-Real Wage) Enditem

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